Given name · Ukrainian · rsk
Йосип
“to add”
Йосип (Josip) is a masculine given name from Serbo-Croatian, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Ukrainian and Pannonian Rusyn.
Ukrainian and rskWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Josip.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Йосип goes back to Biblical Hebrew הוֹסִיף (hosíf), meaning “to add.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Йосип comes from Serbo-Croatian, and ultimately from Biblical Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Serbo-Croatian Јосип//Josip, from Old Church Slavonic Іѡсифъ, from Ancient Greek Ἰωσήφ, from Biblical Hebrew יוֹסֵף (yōsēp̄), from Biblical Hebrew הוֹסִיף (hosíf, “to add”), from Biblical Hebrew י־ס־ף.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Йосип’s family of names
In Pannonian Rusyn usage, Йосип shares an earlier linguistic root with Йозеф. In Ukrainian usage, Йосип has a conventional equivalent in the French form Joseph. In Ukrainian usage, Йосип has a conventional equivalent in the German form Josef.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Йосип has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Biblical Hebrew roots to each of them.
8 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 12
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- JosephFrench
- Joeequivalent
- JosefGerman
- Iosifequivalent
- იოსებequivalent
- Йосифdoublet · rsk
- Осифdoublet · rsk
- Йозефdoublet · rsk
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See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Йосип
- Joseph TimchenkoUkrainian inventor (1852–1924)
- Yosyp Bezpalkopolitician1881–1950
- Yosyp BokshayUkrainian painter (1891-1975)
- Yosyf PenyakUkrainian athleteborn 1984
- Yosyp Hirniakactor (1895-1989)
- Yosyp Levytskyi1801–1860
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